Citing FBI statistics that rank New York City as the 15th safest city in the country among cities with populations over 100,000, Bloomberg and Donovan said that Staten Island was "the safest borough in the safest big city," and that if Staten Island was a city of its own, it would rank as "the safest city in the country."

Donovan said his top goal going into his second term was to curtail domestic violence numbers through "a complete domestic violence" plan. Donovan also said he hopes state legislators will implement a "legislative agenda" and enact new domestic violence laws.